“I am excited to be a part of a team that is working to transform healthcare for folks in Marion and Polk counties! I look forward to working on initiatives to elevate Traditional Health Workers and to help THWs achieve workforce equity.”

Prior Experience: Meg joined us in Spring 2025 after a move to Oregon from Minneapolis, MN, where she worked in community health and activism for the past twenty years. Meg has extensive experience in community doula programs, and helped to found a program in Minnesota that works with pregnant, incarcerated birthing people in Minnesota’s jails and prisons. Meg is a Certified Professional midwife, licensed in Oregon and Minnesota and has spent the past 13 years working as a community midwife, both in private practice and at birth centers in Minnesota, New Orleans, and Oregon. Meg holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Traditional Midwifery and Community Health from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN. 

Role & Goals: Meg is joining us as the new Traditional Health Worker Alliance Coordinator. She believes that Traditional Health Workers (THWs) are a vital part of community health and is excited to be working with the THW-A to both increase access to THW care, and to help THWs achieve workforce equity. 

Fun Fact: Meg has traveled extensively both domestically and internationally. She lived in Mexico for two years and has been to every state in the US except Alaska.

Outside of Work: Meg lives in Salem and enjoys exploring Oregon’s amazing forests and coast with her teenage son and her sweet pug, Rosie. Outside of work, you can find Meg on her small urban homestead, raising chickens and tending her garden.